25 BLOGS DEDICATED TO LIVING OFF THE LAND

January 31, 2013

How to Do It

There’s no way that one blog could give you all of the information that you need to live off the land, but combining these five blog entries can give you some ideas on how to go about starting the adventure.

Hunting isn’t the only way to have meat on your dinner table if you are living off the land. Many folks choose to raise their own livestock to butcher for food. A family of four can eat for several different meals from the meat that comes from a whole pig or cow. If you live by water, you can add fish or other seafood to your diet. These five blog posts will share some of their insights with you.

Probably one of the easiest ways to start saving money and living off the land is by growing your own garden. For instance, one tomato plant will yield about one bushel of tomatoes. These tomatoes will allow you to make and can your own tomato sauce, stew tomatoes and make salsa, in addition to eating them fresh. Just think of all that you could do if you had more than one plant. Making your own salsa is a snap when you grow your own onions, jalapenos and cilantro, and you don’t have to step foot into a grocery store. These five blog posts will give you some ideas for getting started.

Some people have taken ‘living off the land’ one step further and have decided that they are going to live off the grid as well. Living off the grid means that you don’t pay for electricity from a company; instead, you create your own by using solar, wind or water power. Or you could go completely electricity free. Take a look at these five blog entries to see what others are doing to get off the grid.

When you were a kid you may have read the Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder or watched the spin-off TV show. If you did, you may remember how hard life was on the prairie and how the Ingalls family survived by living off the land for the most part. Read these five blog posts to learn a bit more about living like they did back then.